Ben Abruzzo
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Ben Abruzzo was an American balloonist, businessperson, entrepreneur, and traveler. Born in Rockford in 1930, he was educated at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. He held United States citizenship and spoke English as his native language.
Abruzzo received the Congressional Gold Medal, a recognition that places him within the Congressional Gold Medal collection. He died in Albuquerque in 1985 due to an aviation accident.
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Vinony catalogs Ben Abruzzo in its Congressional Gold Medal collection (246 entries).
Vinony's link graph records 37 inbound references to Ben Abruzzo, and connects out to University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, Double Eagle II and World War II.
Vinony files it under 1930 births, 1985 deaths and 20th-century American businesspeople.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ben
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Rockford
- Place of death
- Albuquerque
- Educated at
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Ben Abruzzo.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1930-06-09
- date of death
- 1985-02-11
- name in native language
- Ben Abruzzo
- birth name
- Ben Abruzzo
- cause of death
- aviation accident
- Commons category
- Ben Abruzzo
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